#9F42D6#9F42D6

#9F42D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.220 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F42D6
RGB	rgb(159, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 62.06, -59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 86.14, 316.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.1416 -0.169)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.22 310)
XYZ	xyz(28.3815, 16.1230, 65.2222)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F42D6 #79D642

analogous

#5542D6 #9F42D6 #D642C3

triadic

#9F42D6 #D69F42 #42D69F

tetradic

#9F42D6 #D65542 #79D642 #42C3D6

square

#9F42D6 #D65542 #79D642 #42C3D6

split-complementary

#9F42D6 #C3D642 #42D655

monochromatic

#5C1C82 #7F27B4 #9F42D6 #B974E1 #D2A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#9F42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#9F42D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F42D6

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F42D6	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2871D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.220 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ee3',
    500: '#9f42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f42d6;
$custom-light: #c07ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.703,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57166,
    "c": 0.22048,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.16122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F42D6

secondary

#B2D99B

accent

#E7407E

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFC

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F42D6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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